Appeal No. 1999-2248
Application No. 08/960,255
connecting said cylindrical portion of said plate to said
iron core by abutting a distal end of said cylindrical portion
opposite said flange portion to said first surface of said
iron core and fixedly securing said distal end to said first
surface by butt connection means provided at said distal end
of said cylindrical portion where said cylindrical portion
abuts said first surface so that an axial center of said
cylindrical portion is coincident with an axial center of said
iron core.
The Examiner relies on the following reference:
Appellants' admitted prior art (figures 13-21)("admitted prior
art")
Claims 1, 2 and 7 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as anticipated by Appellants' admitted prior art figures 13-
21.1
Claims 3-6 and 8-9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over Appellants' admitted prior
art figures 13-21.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the
1Although Appellants' Brief addresses claim 1 as standing
finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Sakane et al., the Examiner noted in the
final Office action that the Sakane reference suggests the
structure claimed by Appellants in claim 1 at least, but made
no rejection based on this reference. Therefore, no such
rejection is before us.
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